2008 SAP Open

TennisEventInfo|2008|SAP Open
date=February 18 – February 24
edition=119th
champs= flagicon|USA Andy Roddick
champd= flagicon|USA Scott Lipsky / flagicon|USA David Martin

The 2008 SAP Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 119th edition of the SAP Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States, from February 18 through February 24, 2008.

The singles draw featured ATP No. 6 and 2007 Davis Cup champion Andy Roddick, Australian Open quarterfinalist and other 2007 Davis Cup champion James Blake, and 2007 US Open quarterfinalist Tommy Haas. Other seeds were Sydney semifinalist Radek Stepanek, 2007 SAP Open quarterfinalist Hyung-taik Lee, Jurgen Melzer, Sam Querrey and Kristof Vliegen.

The event started off with an exhibition match between fourteen time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras and Tommy Haas, replacing injured Marat Safin, scheduled to play the exhibition in the first place. The retired American legend defeated his opponent 6–4, 6–2.cite news|author=Tennis Week|title=Injury Shelves Safin From San Jose| url =http://www.tennisweek.com/news/story_print.sps?inewsid=532355|date =2008-13-02| accessdate =2008-11-06| language =English] [ [http://www.sapopentennis.com/results/DailyResults.asp 2008 SAP Open results] ]

Champions

ingles

flagicon|USA Andy Roddick def. flagicon|CZE Radek Stepanek, 6–4, 7–5
*It was Andy Roddick's 1st title of the year, and his 24th overall. It was his 3rd win at the event.

Doubles

flagicon|USA Scott Lipsky / flagicon|USA David Martin def. flagicon|USA Bob Bryan / flagicon|USA Mike Bryan, 7–6(4), 7–5

References

External links

* [http://www.sapopentennis.com/index2.html Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/424/MDS.pdf Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/424/MDD.pdf Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2008/424/QS.pdf Qualifying Singles Draw]